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Trump’s Threat to the First Amendment

November 20, 2024 Buck Banks

“To be as clear as I can be, the second Trump administration with Elon Musk embedded within it represents the most direct and sustained threat to the First Amendment and the freedom of the press any of us will ever experience.”

— Nilay Patel, editor-in-chief of The Verge, in an interview with Status.

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Of Questionable Veracity

October 23, 2017 Buck Banks

Although his prevarications may be serial,
His majestic pronouncements are empyreal.
And so what if he spouts stinking lies,
He’s not just one of the guys,
And you simply can’t question a four-star Marine general!

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Trump Clearly Doesn’t Understand the First Amendment

October 12, 2017 Buck Banks

“It is frankly disgusting the press is able to write whatever it wants to write.”

— President Trump, quoted by the Washington Post, in an Oval Office appearance with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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A Burning Question

September 9, 2010May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

Is it right to burn the Quran
Just because the First Amendment says you can?
And if in response Muslim fanatics
Pull some mean terrorist antics,
Should you consult your Bible for an exit plan?

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Big, But Not Beautiful

  • 4 Jul 2025

It's a really bad deal if you're poor, hungry or ill, It's great for billionaires lapping up tax break swill. The effects on our nation Will be felt for generations, Now that Trump and the Republicans passed their Big Beautiful Bill.

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  • 53%

    A new Morning Consult poll finds 53% of Americans don’t know why the American colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence to separate from Britain on July 4, 1776.

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  • $1.6 billion

    President Trump’s pardons and commutations have cost more than $100 million in fines owed to the federal government and another $1.5 billion in restitution to victims, Forbes reports.

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  • 58%

    Gallup: “A record-low 58% of U.S. adults say they are ‘extremely’ (41%) or ‘very’ (17%) proud to be an American, down nine percentage points from last year and five points below the prior low from 2020. … Democrats are mostly responsible for the drop in U.S. pride this year, with 36% saying they are extremely or very proud, down from 62% a year ago. This is only the second time Democrats’ pride has fallen below the majority level, along with a 42% reading in 2020, the last year of the first Trump administration.”

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  • $3.3 trillion

    The CBO estimates that the Republican reconciliation bill that the Senate is considering will increase the deficit by nearly $3.3 trillion between 2025 to 2034, Bloomberg reports.Punchbowl News says Senate Republicans and the White House reject the CBO estimate as inaccurate. The White House estimates it will cut the deficit by $4.9 trillion over the next decade.

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  • 93%

    Cato Institute: As of June 14, ICE had booked into detention 204,297 individuals (since October 1, 2024, the start of fiscal year 2025). Of those book-ins, 65 percent, or 133,687 individuals, had no criminal convictions. Moreover, more than 93 percent of ICE book-ins were never convicted of any violent offenses. About nine in ten had no convictions for violent or property offenses. Most convictions (53 percent) fell into three main categories: immigration, traffic, or nonviolent vice crimes.

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